Cootawundy in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.
[1][2] The Parish has an arid landscape, with extremely hot summers and mild winters.
The annual average rainfall is 249.7 millimetres (9.8 in) which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate.
The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).
[4] The nearest town to Cootawundy is Whitecliffs.